And, I can benefit from amortization and appreciation over the long term.Best of all, my investment is inflation-protected: As overall prices go up, so do my rents and my property values.Your HYSA simply can't compete with a quality rental property investment.

From my perspective I would collect rent as long as I can and when that doesn't make sense anymore I would sooner sell it then pay to tear it down. 

Investment Info:

Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment.

Purchase price: $200,000

Pair of duplexes purchased with 1031 proceeds from a previous sale with about 75% financing. Rents were...

When I sold my house in a down market, I didn't care if the kids were playing with our toys and sitting on the beds as long as it sold the house. 

I wouldn't see an issue with this one, as long as there is a clean title should be a pretty simple process.

As long as tenants know beforehand there is no dishwasher, it might not be as much of an issue as you think. 

Can possibly use the long term rents at 70%-75% no ratio . 

Any C-class neighborhoods are more geared towards Section 8 and long term renters.

Long story short is that my tenant apparently had some friends that stole from a local corner store and were hiding out in my building.

As long as the units were working when they moved in.